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From: sigma@picasso.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
Subject: Re: Two IDE questions
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Date: 2 May 91 21:28:55 GMT
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sigma@picasso.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin) writes:
>I recently got my new system set up.  I have a 386/25 non-cache 4Mb system
>with a Conner 212Mb IDE drive.  Works like a charm.

I've had a few answers on these.

1) About PKZip pausing during processing - I assumed the drive was fixing
   a defect.  Come to think of it, the file was probably bad in the first
   place and PKZip was scanning for a valid directory within it.

2) CoreTest isn't a great test of disk transfer rates, I'm told.  Well,
   CheckIt! reports roughly 500 Kb/sec, half what CoreTest said.  But why
   should it be any more sure?  Neither program turns off the drive's
   internal cache, I'd bet.  And the cache is always there, too.  But my
   point is just that I wanted to know the difference between CP-3204 and
   CP-3204F.  Benchmarks or otherwise.

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@ipl.rpi.edu
"Can I kiss one of the bridesmaids instead?"
